what 1bigfish sez... big lure=big fish. if you're tired of dinks, size up and hold tight.
i started fishing lmb on tubes and small jigs, and it's a toss up on what's gonna hit. but i switched to swimbaits, cranks and spinnerbaits... and that's when i started pulling hawgs. the catch rate lowered but the booyah factor shot straight up.
bass work hard for their food, as ambush predators. so they need to make every effort count - that's why they would go for the biggest bite they can get. the hawgs (old geezers) got that way coz they hunt big and they don't waste their energy on snacks.
big bait = big fish...
try it.